Originally Posted by eniparadoxgma
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Originally Posted by eniparadoxgma
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"Football is a physical game, well, it used to be anyways" - Mel Blount
The lack of a pass rush in some of those situations was a factor.Originally Posted by BATMAN
Originally Posted by BURGH86STEEL
During the retooling Tomlin first year at the helm, 2007, we won the division but underwhelmed in the first round of the playoffs. The thing that stood out the most from that incarnation of our D was the lack of pass rush. Last year our front 7 got it done and put a great amount of pressure on opposing QBs. Its like they broke out the 2007 team this year. The difference? QBs had less time to develop their plays and pick our weak DBs apart.... and we had Troy.
The importance of Aaron Smith cannot be underestimated. Smith is strong against the run and can take up two blockers, which helps free our OLB's. The result is pressure on the QB.Originally Posted by ASIAN
Play football. Just win the next game. I have pride as a Steeler fan. Draft position means nothing to me. I would just hope some of the guys taking the field have the same pride I do. If you don't...Will your athletic abilty to me...I can play. "I don't have any rings or a big new contract...I will play like a Steeler!!!
I love this mentality!!Originally Posted by JUST-PLAIN-NASTY
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Originally Posted by LordVile
Our draft position is meaningless if Tomlin continues to have anything to do with said selection/s. (Ie: Gay, Sweed, Timmons, Mundy, Burnett, Lewis, Hood and Mindy even though he's no bum,..but yet a scatback with whom you cannnot control a game with)
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"We’ll have a mix-and-match concept that hopefully will see us through.” ~Tomlin
Originally Posted by SteelCzar76
You are insane.
Of those players the only I'm even close to writing off is Sweed, who truly looks terrible.
The rest are either young starters who are still developing, or guys playing out of position (Gay == nickel).
And Timmons/Mendenhall... I know you never liked Timmons, but he's 3rd on the team for sacks and has forced as many fumbles as Harrison, ffs.
I agree that we shouldn't throw games.Originally Posted by papillon
But, if and when we get eliminated from playoff contention I do think we should give some young guys more chance to see the field so that we have a better idea how they perform on Sundays.
I also wouldn't mind putting in some wildcat with Dixon if we get eliminated. With Ben as our QB we are almost guarenteed to need to rely on the back-up QB for a couple games. It would be nice to get Dixon some experience and going wild cat might do this without pissing Ben off (and lessening his chance to getting seriously hurt in meaningless games).
Once you've been eliminated, winning the games isn't the #1 goal. Evaluating talent and preparing for the next season is (just like in the pre-season).
Originally Posted by eniparadoxgma
You beat me to it.
Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.
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